great 60minutes segment i think in feb. 2009. the commercial application is now available for $70K, so if you are powering a school,
local gov. bldg, senior home, you will save BIG on
energy costs.
alot of the dotcom companies in the bay area have them; i think that google or yahoo may have been the first. very low maintenance and virtually free energy once you start the process? many skeptics believe the reason that the home application is presently being stalled is that this technology will KILL
solar and wind, which is just gaining momentum (and does not "deserve" to die?). cost is $3K. there were rumors (and fears) that GE was going to buy the rights to the bloombox, then kill it. the inventor (at least of the cheaper materials to make it cheap) is from the country of india. alot of the newagers believe in the prophesy that in 2012 a huge global change will come out of india. coincidence?
and how about that recent solar advance at MIT, where they developed a solar cell the size of a leaf in 1 gallon of
water that will power one home. that is supposedly being marketed by a company in india and in on track to be available by next year. unless something else happens...
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/28/mit-professor-touts-first-practical-artificial-leaf-signs-dea/